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Why It’s So Difficult to Talk About Sex

Here are four common misunderstandings that make it challenging to talk to our partners about sex.
By Laine Bergeson

How to Be Honest at Work — With Yourself and Others

Misunderstandings, confrontations, and dealing with challenging personalities can lead to anger and hurt feelings at the workplace. Learn how to use these moments as opportunities to create more respectful relationships with your coworkers.
By Sharon Salzberg

13 Ways to Start the Conversation About Sex

Boost your confidence in discussing sex with these expert insights and practical tips.
By Laine Bergeson

Pillow Talk: A Q&A With Sex Therapist Vanessa Marin

Sex therapist Vanessa Marin and her husband Xander Marin help couples take the intimidation out of getting intimate.
By Emily Ewen

6 Tips to Help You Successfully Navigate Telemedicine Appointments

Virtual healthcare services can increase access, yet they come with their own barriers and limitations. Functional-medicine practitioner Susan Blum, MD, MPH, shares guidance for navigating telemedicine.
By Jon Spayde

How to Be More Mindful With Email Communications

It can be difficult to accurately convey an emotional tone in an email, which makes it easy for misunderstandings to happen. Here is guidance to ensure your message's intention is accurately received.
By Sharon Salzberg

How to Control Your Body Language When Triggered at Work

Your body is constantly sending messages to everyone around you. Are they helping or hurting your work relationships? Sharon Salzburg explains what's happening on a physiological level and how to better manage your unconscious language.
By Sharon Salzberg

How to Deal With Constant Interruptions at Work

Constant chatter, random noises, chronic interruptions from a coworker can all lead to diminished work productivity and mistakes. Here Sharon Salzberg offers strategies to set clearer work time boundaries.
By Sharon Salzberg

How to Overcome an Aggressive Workplace Culture

Does your workplace lean towards power over compassion, or disparagement over cooperation? Mindfulness pioneer Sharon Salzburg offers her wisdom for strengthening connections with your coworkers.
By Sharon Salzberg

How to Deal With a Defensive Coworker

Interacting with a colleague who constantly has their guard up can be frustrating and lead to unnecessary tension. However, your word choice can do a lot to break down those barriers.
By Sharon Salzberg

How to Navigate Office Gossip

Gossip can lead to a dysfunctional and toxic workplace. The good news? You don't have to stop it. Mindfulness pioneer Sharon Salzburg explains here.
By Sharon Salzberg

10 Strategies to Help Halt Diet Talk

Comments and conversations related to diet culture can trigger complicated emotions involving food and weight. One expert offers advice for setting healthy boundaries.
By Jon Spayde

How to Establish Healthy Boundaries With Grandparents

Supportive grandparents can be a godsend for you and your kids — but disagreements about parenting may create tension. Setting healthy boundaries can help you find a balance.
By Jon Spayde

5 Difficult Emotions and How to Deal With Them

We often resist challenging emotions, like anger and sadness, but embracing and accepting them is a key step toward wholeness.
By Jessie Sholl

7 Simple Ways to Improve Social Connection

Our screens often keep us from fully engaging with the people right in front of us. Discover several strategies to show that you’re present.
By Kara Douglass Thom

How to Ask for Help in Times of Need

We all need somebody to lean on, but it’s not always easy to ask for help when we need it. These expert insights offer ideas for overcoming resistance — and knowing what to say.
By Jon Spayde

What Is an “Energetic Boundary”?

If you have ever entered a room and picked up that something wasn't quite right, that's your energetic boundary at work.
By Jane McCampbell Stuart, MA, LMFT, CPCC, RMFT

3 Ways to Create Better Boundaries

The following strategies can help create strong, clear boundaries.
By Jane McCampbell Stuart, MA, LMFT, CPCC, RMFT

How to Respond to Gaslighting

Gaslighting can undermine your self-confidence and perception of the truth. Here are signs of gaslighting — and how to break free from it.
By Quinton Skinner

How to Set Clear Boundaries

A renowned trauma therapist and coach explains how to manage your energy without getting swamped by other people — or hardening against them.
By Jane McCampbell Stuart, MA, LMFT, CPCC, RMFT

Understanding Cultural Appropriation: 4 Questions to Help Guide You

The line between cultural appreciation and appropriation isn’t always clear. These four questions can help you make sense of the difference.
By Katherine Reynolds Lewis
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